{"id":31558,"date":"2014-01-06T12:02:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31558"},"modified":"2014-01-06T12:02:37","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:32:37","slug":"information-commissioners-appointment-challenged-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/information-commissioners-appointment-challenged-court","title":{"rendered":"UP information commissioners&#8217; appointment challenged in court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/information-commissioners-appointment-challenged-court\/aa-24\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31559\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31559\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/information-commissioners-appointment-challenged-court\/aa-24\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa3.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa3.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-31559 alignright\" alt=\"aa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/aa3-150x112.jpg?resize=150%2C112&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa3.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/aa3.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A day after the Uttar Pradesh government appointed eight information commissioners, the decision was challenged before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC).<\/p>\n<p>In a writ petition, Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Amitabh Thakur, among the 600 plus applicants for the eight posts, alleged that the selection process was arbitrary and sought it be quashed.<\/p>\n<p>He demanded adoption of &#8220;fresh, open, transparent and definite selection process for these appointments&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The petition said that the principal secretary, administrative reforms had issued a notification Aug 14, 2013 seeking applications for these eight posts.<\/p>\n<p>An application fee of Rs 2,000 was also charged but Thakur alleges that the Akhilesh Yadav government made these appointments without any definite and transparent appointment process.<\/p>\n<p>Alleging of favouritism and political interference, his petition sought review of the whole process and its cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>Thakur told IANS that he would like to know, like many others, why they were not considered for the post and what merits did the people appointed have over them.<\/p>\n<p>The state government had Thursday appointed eight information commissioners, including four journalists, after a go ahead from Governor B.L. Joshi.<\/p>\n<p>Twice in the last two years, Joshi had reservations on the names and had finally relented after the chief minister pitched in personally for the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A day after the Uttar Pradesh government appointed eight information commissioners, the decision was challenged before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court (HC). 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